Floods damage crops worth Rs 31.75 cr in Orissa
The agriculture sector, the mainstay of Orissa economy, has received a blow in the flood that has wreaked havoc in 25 of the 30 districts of the state for the past two one week. According to the
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Cleanliness campaign acclaimed
The Maharashtra Government understands that cleanliness is a very basic amenity. State governments in the past have tried to provide a healthy environment to rural India. In some cases their hard
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Colours clean
Indian Air Force hospital in Bangalore shows the way in waste management. The hospital is the country's first to implement a WHO-aided waste management project. Waste is sorted out at the point of
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Yamunanagar first in plantation drive
Yamunanagar district of Haryana has won the first position in the sapling plantation drive. In a state-level survey, the district was found to be under 25 per cent of forest cover whereas the other
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KIOCL gets a fresh lease of life
Amidst mounting pressure from environmentalists against the extension of long-germ mining lease to the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in the bio-diversity rich Western Ghat regions in
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Mining in Kudremukh: Forum calls for bundh'
The Tunga Bhadra Ulisi Horata Okkoota has called for a bundh in Shimoga district on Tuesday to protest against mining activities in Kudremukh hills in Karanataka. The Okkoota has urged the
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New policy to check sand excavation
A uniform policy will soon be introduced all over the State for excavation of sand from river beds. The policy includes provisions for effective sand excavation in order to prevent indiscriminate
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Etna spews ashes
Ashes from a restive Mount Etna continued to rain down on Tuesday on the city of Catania but the airport was able to reopen after strong winds swept black volcanic ash and dust off the runway. Ash
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Environment reform also key
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform mandate may also extend to environment policy if his ruling coalition secures a decisive victory in the July 29 Upper House election, according to a leading
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Recycling report shows mixed results
Recycling of four materials covered under a container-recycling law increased in 2000, but recycling of paper products and plastic containers lagged in their first year as only a limited number of
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30 more bodies found in Mansehra
Thirty more bodies were recovered from the flood-hit rural parts of Mansehra district and along the Seron and Indus Rivers on Tuesday. Some 5,000 troops besides rescue workers from the Edhi Welfare
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Planned new incinerator has locals fuming
Another environmental controversy is smoldering along the shores of Lake Biwa (Japan) over a proposed incinerator that will handle 300 tons of industrial and household waste daily. On July 7,
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Haphazard dumping of garbage continues in Ambattur Municipality
Garbage strewn in vast areas and choking the stormwater drains of the New Ambattur Industrial Estate Road in Chennai, the main thoroughfare leading to the Estate reveals the 'gross neglect of civic
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Understanding biodiversity
Due to the high deforestation rates and anthropogenic pressures on these forests, it is expected that atleast 20 per cent of the tropical forest species could go extinct by 2022. Reflecting these
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J & K forest officials warned for shahtoosh trade
The Jammu and Kashmir high court issued a contempt notice on Tuesday to the secretary of forest and environment department of Jammu and Kashmir for the department's failure to implement a ban on the
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Tiger: Dim future
Forget the distant past, or the early part of the century, when there were more than 60,000 tigers roaming India's vast expanses of jungle. Between 1989 and 2000 alone, the population of tiger has
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'Oxygen level was normal in stadium lake'
The initial report of the samples taken from the lake behind Indira Gandhi Stadium show that the level of dissolved oxygen was within normal parameters, Delhi Environment Minister A.K. Walia said
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U.S. at odds with Europe over rules on world drug pricing
Before the United Nations has even raised up to $10 billion for its new fund to fight AIDS, the Bush administration and the European Union are engaged in a behind-the- scenes struggle over how that
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US EPA seeks public comment for new arsenic standard
The US Environmental Protection Agency yesterday asked for public comment through Oct. 31 on a new arsenic-in-tap-water standard before it decides the issue early next year. "EPA today is requesting
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HC admits writ on mining in Kudremukh
The High Court today admitted a public interest writ petition challenging the action of Karnataka State government which had denotified an area of 3,703.55 hectare of the Kudremukh National Park